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Jason

January 21st, 2006 at 2:55 am

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Not that the Catholic Church has nearly the weight it once did, but it’s interesting to see them attempting to be so “progressive”.

I think that teaching intelligent design isn’t something that should be in science classes. I personally believe that we are separate from monkeys, and created by God, but I think it’s silly to think that we weren’t designed to evolve.

There is plenty of scientific evidence that creatures evolve, have evolved, and will continue to evolve. I don’t think that’s mutually exclusive of any beliefs that we were created, and not blown up into existence.

The whole crux of intelligent design seems to be that they want to try to explain away factual science, and that’s just fanatically stupid. Dogma shows it’s ignorance the stronger it’s defended in instances like this.

I do think that it would truly be fair, unless someone can definitively prove the “big bang” that the creation of the universe remain off limits to both sides. There are plenty of theories and laws, and hard science to learn in science class, and we can save the philosophy for another period (maybe after lunch…oooh, I hope it’s pizza day today!).

Science and faith are not quite so diametrically opposite to one another. Most of the greatest scientific minds have been firm believers in God, and still invented and discovered using the scientific method and all it’s rigors. Maybe we should let theology be taught by PARENTS in the HOME, and stick to the basics in school.

Maybe I should just keep my opinions to myself, and go make a fried baloney sandwich instead…

David

January 21st, 2006 at 9:07 am

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Yeah - What he said.

I agree with what you said and your thought.

I wish I could find the clip of the scientist who was on the Colbert report this last week. He really summed it up very well with his hard evolution studies and his faith in God. It was well spoken and balanced and wrapped up my thoughts beautifully.

Jason

January 24th, 2006 at 3:09 am

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I wish I could see that too. I know that my opinions would be a lot more compelling if they were well spoken and balanced.

Alas, well balanced has never really been in the top ten list of nicknames for me. Although “Pookie” is, so go figure.

Heck, I could never even eat a well-balanced breakfast. Seriously. Do you remember those commercials for cereal where they would put in that comment, “part of a well-balanced breakfast”, and then you’d see this tray with a glass a milk, a glass of orange juice, two pieces of toast, a couplf of fried eggs, a blintz, has browns, waffles and some fresh fruit. How the heck is a kid supposed to get all of that out of breakfast?!

If we had a chef in our pocket, then we wouldn’t be eating cereal for breakfast in the first place.

Anyway, there I go again. Sorry about that.

I am a firm believer in keeping God out of the textbooks in school as long as He’s in the hearts of some of the students.

If you do find a clip of that report, I would definitely give it a gander…